February 07, 2008

Today in NY: Rat firecracker ceremony, snowboarding

Today is Thursday, February 7, the first day of the Year of the Rat:

Chinatown’s New Year Firecracker Ceremony & Cultural Festival from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Union Square Street Sessions snowboarding competition

The National Academy Museum opens three exhibitions: "Ports of Entry: Richard Morris Hunt’s Architectural Drawings from the École des Beaux-Arts and the Gates of Central Park," "Contemporary Architectural Drawings" and "Recent Acquisitions."

Special Screening — "Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show" with Vince Vaughn and Peter Billingsley at Apple SoHo at 8:30 p.m.

Christine Ebersole in "Applause" at City Center Encores

Met Opera’s "Il Barbiere di Siviglia"

Joe Henry at Lincoln Center's Allen Room
Laco Dezci Jazz Orchestra play the Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden

California Cabernet wine class at Morrell & Co. at Rockefeller Center

Chili hot pepper hot chocolate is today’s flavor at City Bakery’s Hot Chocolate Festival.

The New Museum has free admission from 7 to 10 p.m. today; the Museum of Arts & Design is pay-what-you-wish from 6 to 8 p.m., and the China Institute Gallery is free from 6 to 8 p.m. Admission to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is free all day.

Several other museums are open until 8 p.m. tonight: Museum of Arts & Design, Jewish Museum, National Museum of the American Indian, Paley Center for Media, Museum of Biblical Art and the China Institute Gallery.

For more ongoing events and exhibits see NewYorkology’s February calendar.

Image source: Pearl River Mart's Zodiac Ornament -Year of the Rat

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